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Walmart and its drone partner Wing named seven new metro areas for their delivery network on June 10, and one of those cities should sound familiar to anyone who read DroneXL earlier today. Memphis is on the list. So is Phoenix. The Alphabet-owned operator will push the partnership toward nearly 20 US markets, and the…
Amazon parked an MK-30 delivery drone inside the Renasant Convention Center on Tuesday and invited Memphis residents to meet it. The company calls the service Prime Air, and the pitch was familiar: packages up to five pounds, delivered in two hours or less, for $4.99 if you hold a Prime membership. What Amazon did not…
The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it will allow new models of Chinese toy drones to be imported into the United States, the latest crack in a sweeping ban that has frozen DJI and Autel out of the American market since December. On paper, it reads like a thaw. Read the fine print and…
DJI's O4 Ground Station extends Dock 3 drone coverage to 30 km via FlightHub 2 and 40 km in relay mode with the Matrice 400, built for off-grid ops.
I tested the Insta360 Luna Ultra in Alaska — dual lenses, a detachable remote, 8K I-Log, and Leica color. Here's why it may be 2026's most exciting camera.
Port St. Lucie’s police department flipped the switch on its new Drone as First Responder program on June 11, and the system did not wait long to prove itself. Within hours, a remotely launched drone located a missing autistic woman before she could reach a nearby canal, arriving on scene ahead of the responding officers.…
Ag spray drones have moved from novelty to revenue stream in the U.S. Corn Belt, and the operators flying them have strong opinions about which platforms hold up over a full season. Prairie Farmer recently spoke with three Illinois custom operators about the aircraft and trailers they actually run. Their answers line up around two…
DJI sued Insta360 over the Luna Ultra on its US launch day, and Insta360 countersued with five patents. The fight is over a market DJI's own Pocket 4P can't enter.
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